The The Finnegan Diversity Scholarship provides financial support to qualified minority law students who have demonstrated a commitment to pursuing a career in IP law. The scholarship award of $15,000 may be applied to costs associated with normal tuition; usual fees (such as, but not limited to, student activity fees; law school or university fees, and administrative fees); and a patent bar review course.
The scholarship recipient will also accept an offer to join the firm as a 2011 summer associate in one of their five domestic offices (Atlanta, Cambridge, Palo Alto, Reston or Washington).
Students currently completing their first year full-time (or second year part-time) are invited to apply. The award will be applied to education costs the following academic year, and may be renewed for one additional year if the scholar accepts an associate offer upon successful completion of the Finnegan summer associate program and maintains a grade point average of 3.0 or better in law school.
Additional information about the scholarship and application form are posted at www.finnegan.com. The deadline for applications is March 1, 2010.